Normally I do not post stories beyond a thousand words in length, but this one deserves to be highlighted.
Wartime Isolation – RCAF is the story of those hearty Canadians who manned the northern RADAR installations… as told by one of those men… Bill Lloyd.
The First Skyscrapers of Whitehorse. It was ingenuity in old age.
Here is the story of the colorful Wigwam Harry
What is the real story of the path that the Rideau Canal follows from Kingston to Ottawa?
What is: 680 feet underground; three stories tall; can house over 400 people, can stop an atomic bomb; and has two very long entry halls? Living Underground – The Story of the NORAD UGC
The Last to Die is the story of George Lawrence Price, a Canadian soldier who in 1918 died 2 minutes before the final cease fire.
The History of The Métis is more than just Louis Riel.
Let’s look at Canada’s First Hovercraft
There is a Mysterious lake in Prince Edward County – Lake on the Mountain.
Not to be outdone by the Federal Government, although we don’t have $28 million to spend, here is our: War of 1812 series:Proceed to the War of 1812 Index
War of 1812 Part 1: The Lead Up
War of 1812 – Part 2: Stoking the Fires – The Rise of Tecumseh
War of 1812 – Part 3: The Fur Flies
War of 1812 – Part 4: The Emergence of Sir Isaac Brock
War of 1812 – Part 5: Chronology of the Action
War of 1812 – Part 6: How Politics Sunk the Americans
War of 1812 – Part 7: Who Won the War of 1812
Canada’s Joan of Arc – Laura Secord
The Father of the Programmable Thermostat – Jerry Kathnelson. Another great Canadian invention.
Will the real Edward Cornwallis please stand up? Is this anyway to treat the founder of Halifax? Jon Tattrie tackles the issue.
The Princess May goes high and dry … a lesson for those that cruise the western islands
Upper Canada’s Last Duel… love, hate and violence..
The Laird of McNab, a story of power gone to the head… of the Clan.
Check out the remarkable saga of the MV Ithaca, near Churchill, Manitoba.
Back in 1979, Steven Pile told us about Canada’s Worst Jury.
If you are aware of the Ross Rifle Scandal of World War I, I wonder if you know about the McAdam Shield Shovel?
Did Canada Sanction the Hiroshima Bomb? Read about it here.
It is about time. I put up the story of my good friend Alex Storm, Canada’s Most Prolific Shipwreck Hunter. What’s six years between friends?
I am a member of a number of municipal organizations in Ottawa, including Friends of the Ottawa Archives and the City’s Arts Heritage and Culture Advisory Committee. The city has built a new Archives building in the west end and it is great. However there was, and is, a debate going on about the potential name of the structure. My choice, and that of the two groups of which I am a member, was William Pitman Lett. The mayor rejected this and proposed Charlotte Whitton instead. However there has been a move afoot to brand Whitton as anti-Semitic and the mayor withdrew his support.Check out my response to this claim in Was Charlotte Anti-Semitic?
I recently have had a series of emails from a gentleman in the UK who takes exception to my story on Louis Riel. His arguments, on the whole, were reasoned, even if his tone was not. When I asked him to provide an article for this web site, he refused, essentially saying that I was biased and would not give his argument fair play.I want go on the record to say that Mysteries of Canada is not a vanity exercise by me. It is a site DEDICATED to providing help for Canadians (and non-Canadians) to understand our rich history. If you have something to contribute, do not be shy. Just make sure that your contribution is based on fact and not fantasy.That being said, we have a new article for you by Barry Degenstien, author of The Pursuit of Louis Riel, entitled: Was the Métis Rebellion Unjustified?
What is the story behind the Lost Boys of Pickering?I wish we knew.